The BBC will axe 450 newsroom jobs as part of plans to adapt “to changing audience needs” and meet its savings target, the broadcaster announced on Wednesday. “The BBC has to face up to the changing way audiences are using us,” Fran Unsworth, director of news and current affairs, said in a statement. “We have to adapt and ensure…
Day: January 29, 2020
Breaking: FG Approves N33,000 Monthly Allowance for NYSC Members
The Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has cleared the air on the amount approved as Corps Members’ monthly allowance by the Federal Government in line with the new National Minimum Wage. The DG confirmed that corps members would receive the sum of N30,000 as their monthly pay. In a press statement posted on the official…
Again, fire guts Balogun market in Lagos
A section of the Balogun market on Lagos Island, is reportedly on fire again just after few weeks of the same incident. Eyewitnesses revealed that the fire started from the building opposite Oluwole Car Park on Martins Street. According to reports, residents of the area, have called on the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), and…
Maduagwu writes Sanwo-Olu, says more regulation is needed not ban
Few days after the Lagos State Government announced its plans to ban motorcycles and tricycles in some parts of the state, Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has written an open letter to the governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Maduagwu, in his letter which was made public via his official Instagram page, argued that what is…
Mother and son bag three years for cyber fraud
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced one Mrs Damilola Adeyeri and her son, Alaba, to three years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American of the sum of $82,570. Justice C. J. Aneke convicted the duo of the four counts bordering on “fraudulent trick business and email compromise” filed against them by the Economic…